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Banned and burned in China and now an international bestseller, Shanghai Baby is an enchanting and seductive novel about a taboo-busting young woman making her own rules in contemporary Shanghai. An intoxicating cocktail of sex, art, and the search for love, Shanghai Baby has risen to cult status in mainland China and has begun its sweep of the rest of the world. 'An exotic, female Less Than Zero, ' (Glamour Magazine), this story of a hip, sexy writer and her two very different love affairs is exciting, enchanting, and the kind of story readers can get lost in. Wei Hui's semi-autobiographical portrait of a liberated Shanghai woman has touched a raw nerve among readers, reviewers, and government censors alike. Set in the colorful streets of contemporary Shanghai, Shanghai Baby recounts the experiences of Coco (after Coco Chanel), a twenty-five-year-old writer. A liberated beauty who is facing the rigidities of her Chinese heritage head on, Coco is nonetheless mired in an emotional and erotic sandtrap, torn between body and soul, passion and love. Behind all
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